June 2023: Best Content on Japan
From corporate scandals to climate change: This month's essential narratives from the land of the rising sun
Reads
- | If you missed it, my deep dive on the company responsible for Japan’s largest corporate scandal is finally out:
Toshiba: From Beloved Tech Titan to Japan's Largest Corporate Fraud
·For a long time, I've been eager to share this story, to reveal the twists and turns that led to the downfall of a once legendary tech titan. A business whose technology could rival Apple and Microsoft now finds itself ridiculed in the very industry it once thrived in.
- | The Japanese Yen is falling like a rock, again:
Al Jazeera | In Japan, embarrassed employees pay agencies to quit for them
- | Buffet and the Japanese trading companies; Itochu, Mitsubishi, etc.:
Additional comment: Value Punks is one of the best stock-analysts on Substack and their analysis on the Japanese trading companies is a must read for anyone looking to invest in them
Charles Schwab | Japan: Reclaiming its Lost Decades
- | Kishida punts on a snap election:
- | Stock-analysis of Fuji Corp Miyagi (7605 JP):
- | Japan and Climate Change:
Videos
Retire Japan | A summary of the amazing new NISA investment account
Uptin | Why is Japan stuck in the past?




Thank you so much for the mention, Rei!
legit one of my favourite emails each month!